Lupita Nyong'o has yet to shoot her "Star Wars: Episode VIII" scenes and we are intrigued

While promoting her latest film, Queen of Katwe (which looks absolutely amazing), Lupita Nyong’o spoke with Collider about a one of her most anticipated upcoming roles. The young Academy Award winner and style icon had something rather surprising to say about filming the new scenes for her her mysteriously powerful Star Wars character, Maz Kanata.

She said, "Rian! I haven’t worked with him yet; I’ve yet to shoot. That’s in my future."

While it’s surprising to learn that Lupita had yet to film her scenes, she did have a rather untraditional character in the film. Her (glorious) depiction of Maz Kanata (aka maybe another yoda?) filmed in a much more CGI-heavy environment compared to her peers.